Review of The Rental (2020) by Rappm95 — 26 Jul 2020

A good entry into directing for Dave Franco. Solid cast, gripping plot line. Genre-normal horror/thriller.

This review of The Rental (2020) was written by Rappm95 on 26 Jul 2020.

The Rental has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Andrew Crump (271) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 22 Jul 2020

The Rental has De Palma vibes with Fincher’s cool, but lacks the former’s exploitative pleasures and the latter’s cinematic expertise…

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By Panchogul (602) on 26 Jul 2020

The Rental marca el punto de partida para Dave Franco dirigiendo y coescribiendo este largometraje que ofrece una premisa sencilla pero interesante…

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By Tonimovietalk (4) on 26 Aug 2020

I just....hmmm. Yeah, this wasn't for me. In my opinion, it didn't have a clear direction…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 21 Jul 2020

Even in spite of its obvious nowness, this thing is such a lean, mean, and utterly merciless old school programmer that it might seem anachronistic…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 20 Jul 2020

There’s some crafty artistry at work in The Rental, and also some fairly standard pandering, which feels like a violation of the movie’s…

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By Yatinhaa (1) on 27 Jul 2020

O filme é entediante…

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By Jlau (377) on 25 Sep 2020

Two couples rent a place, there's some cheating, it's caught on a hidden camera and then, the guy who's spying on them turns out to be a serial…

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By Moviemitch96 (552) on 02 Aug 2020

This is the directorial debut of Dave Franco, and stars his real-life wife Alison Brie ('Community', Netflix's 'GLOW'), along with Dan Stevens…

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By Leighcal9 (1) on 04 Aug 2020

Just an all around good thriller. Not as predictable as you would think…

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By Kstud1 (15) on 26 Jul 2020

This movie made no sense and was extremely boring until the last ten minutes and your left with who was that and why did he do any of this…

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